Slacking Off

"Uncle, are you taking your anger out on that poor ghost?"

Cheng Yao's voice rang out.

Wang Xian choked on his words. He turned around and glared at Cheng Yao, saying irritably, "You're not afraid of ghosts anymore? You actually think it's pitiful?"

"Being afraid of ghosts and whether that ghost is pitiful are two completely different things." Cheng Yao hugged Nangong Wu's shoulder and spoke with a smug little tilt of her chin.

Wang Xian: ...

What a perfectly powerful reason. He actually had no way to refute it.

Too lazy to deal with this girl's bizarre way of thinking, Wang Xian walked forward beneath the Illumination Spell.

More than ten minutes later, he stopped. The ghosts nearby had reached level 15.

However, calling them ghosts was not entirely accurate. They had their own name—Wandering Souls.

Wandering Soul

Level: 15

HP: 2300/2300

Magic Attack: 250

Magic Defense: 100

Skills: Unknown

The Wandering Soul's attributes were not particularly high to Wang Xian, but to everyone else, they were extremely formidable.

Every one of a Wandering Soul's attributes was higher than that of an ordinary profession user at level 15, even after putting all their free attribute points into a single stat.

If an ordinary profession user faced a Wandering Soul like this, they would basically have no chance of winning.

After looking over the Wandering Soul's attributes, Wang Xian checked his own.

Name: Wang Xian

Nickname: Immortal King

Race: Human

Profession: Priest

Age: 24

Talents: Learning (Ordinary) Growth (Forbidden) Sage (Mythical)

Level: 15

Experience: 485/6000

HP: 3000

MP: 1650

Physical Attack: 350+35

Magic Attack: 165

Critical Hit: 0

Physical Defense: 430

Magic Defense: 215

Strength: 67+3

Agility: 36

Spirit: 33

Constitution: 60

Endurance: 86

Free Attribute Points: 25+65

Skills: Omitted

Remaining Deaths: 3

Over the past few days, Wang Xian's level had risen from 12 to 15. His attributes had improved considerably, and he had also discovered another surprise brought to him by the Hidden Profession, Priest.

After changing professions, continuing to level up would grant one point to each of the five basic attributes, five free attribute points, and additional basic attribute points.

The additional basic attribute points also totaled five. Depending on the profession's direction, those five points would be automatically distributed among the five basic attributes.

Warrior-type professions generally received 3 Strength, 1 Endurance, and 1 Constitution.

Mage-type professions generally received 3 Spirit, 1 Endurance, and 1 Constitution.

Support-type professions generally received 2 Spirit, 2 Constitution, and 1 Endurance.

Agility-type professions generally received 2 Agility, 2 Strength, and 1 Constitution.

Do not think five basic attribute points were insignificant. Once each basic attribute surpassed one thousand, it would grant special attributes.

Under normal circumstances, a single basic attribute would not exceed one thousand until at least level 115. If you kept leveling without changing professions, the time it took for your attributes to exceed one thousand would be greatly delayed.

Going from level 10 to level 11 was completely different from going from level 115 to level 116.

That was why Wang Xian had always reminded everyone to level up only after changing professions.

As for the surprise Wang Xian had discovered from the Hidden Profession, Priest, it concerned the additional attribute points gained after leveling up.

Whether it was a Hidden Profession or an ordinary profession, the additional attributes gained from leveling up after changing professions totaled five points. However, the Priest profession received ten points—five more than other professions.

With five extra attribute points every level, how could Wang Xian not be delighted? Although he possessed the powerful Growth talent, more attribute points were always a good thing.

The only thing that dissatisfied him slightly was that those ten attribute points were evenly distributed among the five basic attributes.

That was also why Wang Xian had not assigned the free attribute points he had gained after level 10.

He truly had not figured out his own direction yet.

Priests themselves did not have many damage-dealing skills, but because of Skill Control, he could learn the skills of any profession.

In his previous life, he had chosen Warrior. Logically, focusing on Warrior was the correct choice.

But he also wanted to be a Mage who could gather devastating magic with a wave of his hand. He admired the graceful, swift Archers as well, and even longed to become an Assassin who came and went without a trace.

Thus, Wang Xian, who had a slight case of decision paralysis, fell into a dilemma.

Develop in every direction?

Don't be ridiculous!

Although Wang Xian wanted to, every profession required different basic attributes.

Warriors needed Strength, Mages needed Spirit, while Archers and Assassins needed Agility.

Although he had the Growth talent and could gain a large number of additional attribute points, trying to develop in every direction would truly turn Wang Xian from a top-tier profession user into an all-rounder who was decent at everything but outstanding at nothing.

Although Wang Xian had trouble making choices, he could still distinguish clearly when it came to important matters.

Being well-rounded was sometimes truly inferior to being specialized.

"Son, what are you thinking about?"

Wang Xian suddenly felt someone pat his shoulder. He looked over in confusion.

"Dad, what is it?" Wang Xian asked.

"You're asking me what it is? What's wrong with you? Why were you standing there in a daze?" his father asked with some concern.

"Uh..."

Wang Xian immediately did not know how to answer.

Just now, he had once again fallen into the same dilemma he faced every time he looked at his attributes—what direction should he develop in?

"Son, you haven't been possessed or cursed by a ghost, have you?"

Seeing that Wang Xian had nothing to say, his father suddenly backed away several steps.

"Dad, I'm fine. I was just assigning some of my attributes. Also, I've said it many times already: these are wild monsters, just wild monsters! They may be ghosts, but they aren't ghosts in the sense we know!" Wang Xian said helplessly.

"You're really fine?" his father asked, still somewhat doubtful.

"I'm really fine!"

"That's good. Oh, right, son, what am I supposed to do?" his father asked again.

Wang Xian glanced at his father and said, "Just slack off at the side."

"Slack off?"

His father did not understand what Wang Xian meant.

"Uncle, slacking off means you don't need to do anything. You just stand to the side and soak up experience." Just as Wang Xian was about to explain, Su Jin explained the meaning of slacking off for him.

"Slack off? Son, are you looking down on your dad? Your dad is very strong!"

His father immediately glared at Wang Xian.

"Dad, I know you're strong, but those wild monsters don't have physical bodies. As a Warrior, you can't attack them at all, so that's why I'm telling you to slack off," Wang Xian explained.

"I see."

"What else could it be?"

"Fine, then I can only slack off."

"Mm."

Wang Xian nodded, then looked at the others and said, "Let's begin."

As he spoke, Wang Xian cast Lightning Strike at the level 15 Wandering Soul not far away.

A bolt of lightning descended from the sky and struck the Wandering Soul.

-460

A number floated up from the Wandering Soul.

Wang Xian's attack enraged it. It no longer remained neutral, letting out a harsh cry as it lunged at Wang Xian.

P.S. This chapter was a little padded out. Calculating all these numbers gave me a headache. Let me ask: can I be a little less precise with all kinds of data, as long as the general idea is about right? Is that okay?